Chapter 840: Ming Dynasty, the enemy of all nations (Second update, please subscribe)

The Dignity of the Brazilian Empire!

What is this?

The Ming Dynasty doesn't care at all! Even if it has this thing, it's just placed underfoot and stepped on.

“This is a conspiracy!”

In the Royal Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Pedro II spoke loudly in an excited tone.

"They attacked our troops and asked us to explain. Do they really think that the Brazilian Empire has no dignity of its own?"

Why was Pedro II so angry?

To put it bluntly, it’s because the Ming Dynasty is really going too far!

How can you go too far?

Because the Ming Dynasty lodged a protest with them over the border conflict, accusing the Brazilian army of attacking and robbing Ming merchants.

Is this true?

Maybe.

But they only lost one civilian, but thirteen soldiers of the Brazilian army died at the gunpoint of the Ming army!

"Your Majesty, it is certain that this is a provocation. They are provoking Brazil! They even gave us a month to withdraw from the land ceded by Paraguay. They..."

"Damn yellow people!"

Pedro II said in an indignant tone.

"Do they really think Brazil will be afraid of them? Will it back down without dignity like the damn Americans?"

The pride inherited from the Portuguese made it difficult for Pedro II, the Brazilian Emperor, to accept the threat before him.

"Your Majesty, we must make our position clear!"

"Yes, Your Majesty. The Ming Dynasty is now testing our bottom line. Their fleet is in the Mediterranean, and together with the French, they have formed a huge fleet. What do we need? Just show them an attitude - Brazil will never surrender!"

Marshal Caccias' suggestion was supported by Prince Gaston and other generals, but their inner pride made it difficult for them to make concessions.

"So what should we do?"

"Send our fleet to Montevideo! Right now their main fleet is in the Mediterranean, and their domestic fleet only has two Nanhua-class ships. Our fleet is more deterrent!"

It seems that this is a very good suggestion. Montevideo is located on the east bank of the La Plata River, basically across the river from Yingtian. This is definitely a strong response.

The Brazilian response was powerful!

Almost the day after Song Zhelun met with the Brazilian Foreign Minister, Brazil announced that it would send a fleet to Montevideo in Uruguay Province.

The United States, far away in North America, immediately expressed its support for Brazil's decision. The United States and Brazil have always had a very close relationship. The United States has always hoped to turn Brazil into its foothold and ally in South America. After all, the Spanish-speaking regions of America have been hostile to the United States for many years. After all, the United States has taken a large piece of land from Mexico and once conquered Mexico City.

Of course, in this event, Spanish-speaking countries in America also expressed their support for the Brazilian Empire.

After all, the Ming Empire was established in two destroyed Spanish-speaking countries - Chile and Argentina.

To some extent, the current Ming Dynasty is almost the enemy of many countries in the Americas. Fortunately, the military strength of the Ming Dynasty is strong enough, otherwise it would have been besieged by many countries long ago!

Now that Brazil has stepped forward, those countries that have always been hostile to the Ming Dynasty have of course expressed their agreement and support.

However, their support is mostly just lip service. After all, in South America, only Brazil can challenge the Ming Dynasty.

After all, in the past few years, a fortune has been made by exporting rubber to Brazil.

"In the name of the Empire's safety!"

Under this name, the Imperial Brazilian Navy dispatched its most powerful ironclad fleet - four Riachuelo-class battleships. Its appearance is very similar to the "Nanhua" class of the Ming Dynasty. Compared with the Nanhua class, its tonnage is only 6,800 tons. It has two twin ten-inch turrets. It looks similar to the "Linhai class", but its speed is only 16 knots.

The Riachuelo-class battleships were the Brazilian Navy's response to the rapidly expanding maritime power of the Ming Dynasty. Its fourth ship, the São Paulo, had only been in service for less than six months.

The Ming Dynasty had received the corresponding intelligence on the day when the fleet consisting of four battleships and four cruisers had just sailed out of the military port and headed for Montevideo.

Faced with such provocation, Emperor Zhu directly summoned the Brazilian ambassador to the Ming Dynasty and said - this is a war.

"Your Majesty, this is for the safety and dignity of the Brazilian Empire!"

Brazilians are stubborn, even proud.

It was their pride that made Emperor Zhu laugh in his heart. This was exactly the excuse he had been waiting for for a long time!

"You must understand that the daimyo will never make any compromise or concession on the issue of national security."

And then nothing happened, and the meeting ended in a bad mood.

"What plans does the Navy have now?"

Standing in the battle map room of the palace, Emperor Zhu said without turning his head. He leaned forward, looking down at the huge sea map on the table, and ignored the commander of the local fleet, Major General Lei Minghui. Like Lin Yuehu and other naval commanders, he was born in the "ghost fleet", but he never had the opportunity to participate in naval battles. However, unlike other commanders, he went to Britain to study naval warfare nine years ago and was an apprentice in the British Navy. He was one of the few senior officers with "study abroad" experience among the naval commanders.

"Our plan is to use submarines,"

Lei Minghui said, walking directly to the nautical chart.

"The Brazilian fleet has just set out. If we send out our submarine forces, we can track and search them en route, and then launch an attack from the bottom of the sea, just like we did when we attacked the Argentine Navy. We can use torpedoes to send them to the bottom of the sea. According to past evaluations of the submarine forces, we only need to deploy a group, that is, nine submarines, and we will be able to send them all to the bottom of the sea. Our battle plan is this: first, we will choose a suitable ambush point..."

While explaining the Navy's combat plan, Lei Minghui's mind became more and more focused, his hoarse Hubei accent became lower and lower, his shaved head was slightly shiny under the light, and his eyes were bright and full of expectation. As a Navy soldier, he shaved his head all year round like ordinary sailors.

"At the same time, I will personally lead the local fleet to carry out the final interception mission after the submarine force launches an attack, and strive to completely destroy the Brazilian Navy in one battle."

From submarines to battleships and even torpedo boats, Lei Minghui's plan is full of full utilization of various weapons. Using two battleships and several cruisers to fight against more powerful opponents requires imagination and making various unexpected decisions. Only in this way can victory in the war be achieved.

What is the most powerful thing about the Imperial Navy?

It’s never about battleships, it’s about technology!

Technology is the source of the Imperial Navy's combat effectiveness, and this is also the core of the combat plan formulated by Lei Minghui.

Whether it is a submarine, a torpedo boat, or a rapid-fire gun on a ship, the core is technology, and what Lei Minghui needs is to give full play to his own advantages.

After thinking for a while, Lei Minghui added.

"In order to prevent any accidents, I also plan to send the airships of the floating force to the battle area and use aerial tracking to track the Brazilian warships to prevent them from escaping. By installing a radio station on the airship to keep in touch with the fleet, the airships can be used to guide the fleet to attack the target. Of course, this has certain risks, but it can prevent any fish from slipping through the net."

From the bottom of the sea to the ocean, and then to the airship...it's almost the three-dimensional sea and air combat of the 19th century!

"This plan is indeed good. The coordinated operations between the sea and the air are almost equivalent to rewriting the navy's combat mode, but..."

As he spoke, Emperor Zhu raised his head and looked at Major General Lei Minghui.

"I have another suggestion. See if you are confident in implementing it!"

(End of this chapter)